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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 32

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

I used to have some curious customers. On one occasion a young man called on me and selected a pocket-book which pleased him, asking me to give him credit for a few weeks. I told him that if he wanted any article of necessity in my line, I should not object to trust him for a short time, but it struck me that a pocket-book was a decided superfluity for a man who had no money; I therefore declined to trust him as I did not see the necessity for his possessing such an article till he had something to put into it. Later in life I have been credited with the utterance of some sagacious remarks, but this with regard to the pocket-book, trivial as the matter is in itself, seems to me quite as deserving of note as any of my ideas which have created more sensation.

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定位:Additional excerpt 32 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆遇到过一些奇怪的顾客。有一次,一个年轻人来店里挑了一个钱包,很喜欢,要求赊账几周。巴纳姆告诉他,如果是要买生活必需品,他不反对短期赊账,但一个没钱的人要钱包纯属多余;他拒绝赊账,因为看不出对方在有钱可放之前有什么必要拥有钱包。后来巴纳姆常被引用一些精明言论,但他觉得这个关于钱包的评论虽然小事一桩,却和他那些更轰动的想法一样值得注意。核心是:赊账要区分必需品和奢侈品,对没有偿还能力的人要敢于说不。做法是:评估顾客的真实需求和还款能力,别为了面子或人情放松信贷原则。

上下文

巴纳姆在自传中回忆自己开店时遇到的一个想赊账买钱包的年轻人。

今日一问

你借钱或赊账给别人时,是否区分了对方是买必需品还是奢侈品?

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